Each consist of a flattened superficial portion and wedge-shaped deep portion

Located between the skin of the cheek and the masseter muscle

Secretes a clear watery fluid that is rich in AMYLASE

Parotid Gland

Runs anteriorly and medially to open into the oral vestibule oppoiste the second upper molar.

Also called the Parotid duct

Stenson's Duct

-Fairly large
-Irregularly shaped
-Located in the floor of the mouth on the inside surface of the lower jaw.
-Secretory cells of these glands are predominantly serous, with a few mucuos cells.
-Secretes a more viscoud fluid than the parotid glands.
-Also known as the submandibular gland

Submaxillary Gland

Extends anteriorly and superiorly to open into the mouth ona small papilla at the side of the frenulum of the tongue

also called the submandibular duct or submaxillary duct

Wharton's Duct

-Narrow and elongated
-Located in the floor of the mouth beneath the sublingual fold.
-Each is in contact with the mandible laterally and extends posteriorly from the side fo the frenulum of the tongue to the submandibular gland
-cells are primarily the mucuos type
-smallest of the salivary glands

Sublingual gland

Also known as sublingual ducts.

Some of these ducts open into the floor of the mouth along the crest of the sublingual fold.

some open into or near the submandibular duct.

Ducts of Ravinus

An occasional anterior sublingual duct that open with or into the submaxillary duct.